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Bookmark or Share- Flamingo | Description, Feeding, Images, & Facts | Britannicaflamingo, (order Phoenicopteriformes), any of six species of tall, pink wading birds with thick downturned bills. Flamingos have slender legs, long, graceful necks, large wings, and short tails. They range from about 90 to 150 cm (3 to 5 feet) tall.
- American Flamingo - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on ...Adult American flamingos are smaller on average than Greater flamingos but are the largest flamingos in the Americas. The American flamingo inhabits South America’s north coast, the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, and some of the Caribbean islands. There is also a small isolated population that inhabits the Galapagos Islands.
- American flamingo - WikipediaThe American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) is a large species of flamingo native to the West Indies, northern South America (including the Galápagos Islands) and the Yucatán Peninsula.
- American Flamingo Overview, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of ...American Flamingos are highly social wading birds that breed in huge colonies in the Caribbean and then disperse to lagoons and estuaries where they use their unique bill to filter saltwater for small aquatic invertebrates. Pairs build a volcano-shaped mud cone that holds a single egg.
- American Flamingo - American Bird ConservancyHabitat: Coastal mudflats and lagoons. The salmon-pink American Flamingo is one of the best-known and most beloved birds. The most colorful of the world's six flamingo species, it is popular in zoos, and people see its likeness on everything from toys to casinos to lawn ornaments.
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